So... We have our Bristol on the water and are learning the 'ropes'. We have gone from a very basic 22' to a significantly more complicated 38' so I'm afraid this is going to lead to a number of dumb questions.
The first is how do you deploy your
anchor with a vertical
windlass (Lewmar Anchorman 700) that just has an UP foot switch? The manual is brief and spectacularly unhelpful ('Use UP and DOWN buttons to operate the
windlass').
It has a central clutch release and an-off-center manual winching socket so I am
assuming you just release the clutch and let it go. Is this correct? If so, is the clutch progressive or just on/off? Are there any tricks to this I should know? We have a full chain
rode.
Thanks